Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-31
IN EXTREME PERIL

J. IN EXTREME PERIL
/ dred Passengers On Board, Aground IN
| Heavy Sea-Futile Efforts at Rescue-A
! venturesome ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| Safety.
| FIRE ISLAND. N. Y, March 25.-Ine
| steamship Scotia of the Fabre ms .n"'
| plies between New York and the MeuiSe
! ,anean went ashore at Blue Folht soa
ton sftaan miles east of Fire Island
| lighthouse. during the terrific gale tnis
| ynorninp. She took the beach with ner
| head on, but finally worked around 70
| broadside on in the frightfuliy nIsn %"
| that was running ,,,.,
| An east-northeast hurricane was oio"-
| ing at velocity Of seventy miles an nour,
| and as soon as the Vessei GO
| caught in the quicksanos, 81
was cast in all directions about her oy Ino
violent hurricane. The waves maoe
| clean breach over her deck, and when ING
vessel was discovered by the h1e-savihs
| crew, her two masts had been sweep iron
| their stepping by the angry seas.
The vessel, when she departed from
| Marseilles on February 70, had on ooalu
| several hundred passengers. lnese III
the most part were Italian emleran' 70
| hound for this country to settle in the
| West.
At Naples, where she called rev DAYS
after. there embarked nearly eight nun
dred passengers Those were from ner
sister ship, the Burgundia, wnlcn waS
previously sunk in that harbor a1Uer COZ
lision with the Italian man-ol-war italia'
These passengers swelled the list 10 near
ly eleven hundred. A few otners "eie
taken on at Gibralter, which polh' she
left on February %.
The vessel experienced unusually severe
! weather on the passage across, and mucn
anxiety was felt for the gers on
board. When the steamer encountered
the land the majority OF the passengers
were resting. With the first shock severai
hundred Of them rushed on deck, ana
panic ensued. The officers and crew were
powerless.
When the waters began breaking over
the decks the women shrieked and fell on
their knees imploring help, while the
children chung to their garments, crying
and yelling The anguish of the women
in trying to protect the little ones from
the spray was ptiful to behold The car
rying away of the masts, added to the Ter,
ror of the passengers and they clutcheo
one another as though they expected 10 pe
next to be swept away.
The vessel gradually settled in the loose
sand and at ten o'clock, when she was
first seen by the coast guard, there was
not more than a half dozen feet OF her
free board left, Every sea makes clean
breach over her decks carrying every
thing movable overheard.
When first discovered the vessel was in
the midst of very high sea, which was
sweeping her fore and aft. The high
northeasterly wind which prevailed pre-
vented the life savers from making any
attempts at rescue. They tried several
times, however, to fire line by means OF
mortar on shore, but at each attempt
the aim was too low, and the line fell
wide of the mark. When they finally
succeeded in getting line to the vessel,
it was of little or no use, owing to the
heavy sea.
A great crowd of people are assembled
on the beach, and are endeavoring by
every means in their power to assist the
life-saving crew. It is believed that sew
eral passengers have been swept over
board by the waves.
The Scotia is under the French flag and
halls from Marseilles. She was built at
Leith, Scotland, November, 1881, and is
therefore comparatively new. She is
brig-rigged, and registered 2,493 gross
tons. There is but little hope of saving
the vessel Her agents in this city, Jas.
W. Elwell & Co., South street, have sent
assistance to the vessel The Scotia, with
her cargo, IS valued at from 100000 to
$75O, 600
There are about i've hundred women
among the passengers.
The steamers Merritt and Rescue and
the tug Hagerty, with two barges, were
sent to the Scotia's assistance by the
Coast Wrecking Company. They will ar
rive at the scene of the wreck some time
tonight. The latest dispatches received
from Blue Point, L. l., say that the ship is
now lying easy
A vENTURESOME PASSENGER GETS SAFELY
ASHORE.
New York, March 25-One Storage
passenger named George Farina was
taken off by the life-saving crew. He
jumped from the deck to the boat which
had been launched before any one could
prevent him. Farlna was brought ashore
and left for New York. He says the
Scotia experienced terrific storms for over
a week, tossing and laboring greatly.
Many passengers had limbs broken and
were otherwise injured by being thrown
about the Storage. Yesterday the ma
chinery gave out and the wind and sea
was so high that the captain decided to
run ashore.
LATER-THE PASSENGERS ALL SAFE
NEW YORK, March ga dispatch Just
received by the passenger agent here
from Blue Point L. l., says that the pas
sengers are all safe and we'll and will be
brought to this city tomorrow. Nothing
has been ascertained as to the cause of
the grounding of the vessel; but it is now
believed that having become badly dam
aged by the terrible weather encountered,
the captain beached her to save the pas
sengers. Captain Rufat is regarded as
thoroughly reliable man.